Davina (talk show)


Davina is a British chat show hosted by Davina McCall. It first aired on BBC One on 15 February 2006, however, the show ended on 12 April 2006 at the end of its first series due to low ratings.
The series was announced in December 2005. One show attracted fewer than 2.3 million viewers, when it was moved to 7pm. The series received a poor critical reception, with Gareth Maclean saying that McCall "... found herself floundering and foundering, struggling through "interviews" with stars of the calibre of Girls Aloud, Westlife and Patrick Kielty...", and "... demonstrated a complete lack of talent as a chatshow host", with McCall herself saying that the programme was "the worst mistake of her life".

Guests

The guests for the series were:
EpisodeAir dateGuestsMusical guests
1
15 February 2006
Max Beesley
Julian Clary
Vernon Kay
Tess Daly
Charlotte Church
KT Tunstall
2
22 February 2006
Pierce Brosnan
Patrick Kielty
Martin Shaw
Westlife
Corrine Bailey Rae
3
1 March 2006
Gloria Hunniford
Zöe Lucker
Neil Morrissey
Gordon Ramsay
Sugababes
Orson
4
8 March 2006
Ed Byrne
Katie Price
Eamonn Holmes
Girls Aloud
Vittorio Grigolo
5
15 March 2006
Michelle Collins
Alistair McGowan
Omid Djalili
Beverley Knight
Cyndi Lauper
6
29 March 2006
Dawn French
Jill Halfpenny
Louis Walsh
Mary J. Blige
Will Young
7
5 April 2006
Jenny Eclair
Lulu
Russell Watson
Shayne Ward
David Gray
8
12 April 2006
Jade Goody
Kacey Ainsworth
Richard Wilson
Piers Morgan
Peter Grant
Katie Melua
Kubb

Ratings

This is a table displaying the averages of each show for the chatshow, which aired on BBC1. These figures are made available from MediaGuardian.
EpisodeAir DateViewersShare
1
15 February 2006
3.5m
14%
2
22 February 2006
2.7m
11%
3
1 March 2006
3.0m
13%
4
8 March 2006
2.5m
11%
5
15 March 2006
2.3m
10.4%
6
29 March 2006
2.6m
12%
7
5 April 2006
2.4m
11%
8
12 April 2006
2.2m
11%